A UCLA student reported they were raped by another student early Friday morning in an apartment building south of Wilshire Boulevard. The incident took place between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Friday, according to university police logs. It is the 11th report of a rape to UCPD or the Los Angeles Police Department in the […]
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UCLA facilities employee claims UCPD used racial profiling in arrest
This post was updated on Sept. 3 at 11:55 p.m. A black UCLA facilities employee is claiming a university police officer violated his civil rights and racially profiled him while arresting him after a traffic violation in Westwood last week. Police stopped Claudius E. Gaines III, a 45-year-old probationary employee at UCLA Facilities Management, for […]
TV, electronics stolen from Landfair Avenue apartment
A television and other electronic equipment were stolen from a UCLA student apartment over the weekend, police said. An unknown person removed a window screen in a student apartment on Landfair Avenue between Ophir and Strathmore drives between 10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday, and took the equipment, according to a university police report. […]
Group files lawsuit against UC to end grants for undocumented students
A conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch Inc., filed a lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Tuesday in an effort to stop the system from giving in-state tuition and financial aid to undocumented students. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Earl De Vries who was a former Republican candidate in the California State […]
Court rules UCLA professor can’t be prosecuted for conflict of interest
A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that a UCLA political science professor cannot be criminally prosecuted for an alleged conflict of interest after he was involved in the hiring of his wife as a program assistant at the university. According to court documents, Michael Lofchie was responsible for hiring his wife, Kelly Comras, for a […]
New linebacking unit looks promising but still has a lot to prove
Ask Myles Jack about it. ‘With some turnover in the linebacker group, what do you say to people to ease those concerns?’ To him, the answer is simple. “I wouldn’t say it’s a turnover,” the sophomore linebacker said. “We’re just evolving.” Last year, the quartet of then-freshman Jack, then-senior Anthony Barr, then-redshirt junior Eric Kendricks […]
Student and faculty raise concerns about confirmed UC Regent nominees
The California State Senate confirmed four nominees for the University of California’s Board of Regents Friday, despite student and faculty concerns about the appointment process and the nominees’ qualifications. With a 29–3 vote, the senate confirmed existing regents Richard Blum and Norman Pattiz to another 12-year term on the board. Richard Sherman, who joined the […]